Paleodemography of Nizhny Novgorod, 17th–18th CC. Based of the Excavations of Three City Necropolises

Abstract

The article features a paleodemographic analysis of three necropolises of the 17th–18th centuries located in the historical center of Nizhny Novgorod. All three necropolises yielded different results in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality, and mortality peaks. Thus, the group from the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin had the lowest life expectancy, and the group from the necropolis on Verkhnevolzhskaya Street had the highest value. A fairly high infant mortality rate, especially at the age of up to 5 years, is also observed in the group from the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. The necropolis from the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin near the Uspensky Cathedral is very different from the suburban ones studied in this work in terms of the composition of the population group having formed the necropolis.

Keywords

• archaeology
• paleodemography
• necropolis
• age cohort
• average life expectancy
• infant mortality rate
• peak mortality